In early November Skye Fitzgerald received Eastern Oregon University’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Below is the speech that he gave at the event. Many years ago, when I was a Sophomore at EOU I was struggling with what I should study. At the time, I was deeply...

Earlier this month Save The Children reported that, in this year alone, 600 children have died while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an effort to escape the Syrian Civil War. The Syrian Civil War has been raging for the past five years, and it doesn’t...

Last week, Oslo Documentary Cinema held an exhibition and debate at the Nobel Peace Center for the film 50 Feet From Syria. During this event, panelists Kathrine Raadim, Niels Butenschøn, and Mads Harlem amongst others, took the time out to discuss the dynamics of the...

Screened during this year’s Mountainfilm in Telluride I am pleased to announce that my film “50 Feet from Syria” has been chosen as one of the focal points for this year’s discussion at Mountainfilm on Tour ATL Festival. Later today, a showing of the film will...